2012 Spring time lease maintenance

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It is that time of year again, time to start the preparation before summer and it gets to hot to do any real work.  I have some lane clearing I want to do, foot plot setup, and feeder maintenance.  The last one is where I really need some help.

I have 2 of the Academy brand Game Winner Low Boy feeders.  LOVE THEM.  They are low to the ground and easy to load/unload.  The biggest issue I have with them is the control/timer is separated from the motor box.  You then have this conduit going from the controller box to the motor, and as noted last year the raccoons were hanging on this and did some pretty good damage here... so that is a significant design flaw. 

Academy brand Game Winner Low Boy feeder

I went to the lease a few weeks ago to get my batteries out and remove the remaining few kernels of corn from the feeders, and found on of my Low Boys was inoperable.  Not sure if its the cable disaster noted above, if the motor died, etc, but the controller was fine.  This ALL leads me to my next question... what do I get to replace it???

  1. replace the motor?  (I could... cheaper than option 2 or 3)
  2. replace the whole motor unit with a new unit that has the battery/motor housing (this is what I want to do)
  3. new feeder?   (Not yet...)
I think I am going to go up to the lease this weekend and yank the motor and cabling out and bring it home and run some tests to see if its the motor.  If it is, then I'll decide on what to do there.  I may still decide to go route #2 to eliminate the cable disaster.  Any recommendations on brands?   Keep in mind I have gift cards to Academy, Gander Mountain, and Cabelas!  Woohoo!!!


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